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To J. D. Hooker   3 November [1864]

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Asks JDH to verify an observation on Dicentra – what CD thought was a branch in the young plant now looks like a gigantic leaf in the old.

Concurs on Spencer’s clever emptiness.

Ramsay exaggerates role of ice. Sorry to hear that Tyndall grows dogmatic.

Admits difficulty of making case for Wallace’s Royal Medal at this time.

Will soon finish the first draft of Variation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  3 Nov [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 253
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4650

From Edward Sabine   3 November 1864

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Announces that the Council of the Royal Society has awarded CD the Copley Medal.

Author:  Edward Sabine
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1864
Classmark:  DAR 177: 1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4651

From Hugh Falconer   3 November 186[4]

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Council of the Royal Society have awarded CD the Copley Medal.

Author:  Hugh Falconer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 186[4]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4652

From John Lubbock   3 November 1864

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Congratulates CD on receiving the Copley Medal.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1864
Classmark:  DAR 170: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4653